The phones have turned on us. Our little pocket pals seduced us with cheap long distance, unlimited texts, endless apps. Now they beep and shudder and flash with strange numbers at all hours of the day. We answer, and our beloved iPhone (or Android, or bedside landline) impales our eardrum with...

FedEx is getting into the pizza delivery business, but no one will be greeting hungry customers at the door. As companies scramble to develop technology to get food, groceries and shipments to customers in hours, even minutes, FedEx unveiled an early model of an autonomous delivery robot on Tuesday....

Amazon announced it will disclose its carbon footprint later this year, giving consumers and investors new insight into the environmental cost of its popular two-day shipping. The company also pledged in a blog post Monday that half of its shipments would be "net zero" carbon — also known as carbon-neutral...

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If your pal or co-worker is looking for some help revising or updating their resume, the benefits could be more than just helping them polish their resume. By getting your creative juices flowing, your proofreading skills sharpened and getting your head back in a job-circuit mentality, you may...

I have been accused of many things in my life but having a thick skin has never been one of those things. In fact, more often than not, I’ve been told that I’m hypersensitive. I prefer to think of it as sensitive to the people around me, their needs and our shared goals. That said, I’ve spent years...

My company, LaSalle Network, just conducted our annual hiring trends report, looking at hiring in the year ahead. This year we collected responses from more than 5,000 millennial professionals on what they want out of a role and company to help organizations understand how to attract and retain...

Your address on your resume may reveal more about you than you want it to. Hiring managers are biased against people who live further away from the job site, an upcoming study has found. This is especially a problem for low-wage jobs and the people who need them. In an upcoming study, David Phillips,...

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